Card-index box



June 23 1925' R. J. BENTLEY CARD INDEX BOX .mllll INVE Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES,

ROBERT J. BENTLEY, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

CARD-INDEX BOX.

' Applicatioirfiled May 9, 1923. Serial No. 63),620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BENTLEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan, have made an Invention Appertaining to a Card-Index Box, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an attractive box for containing cards. The box is provided with a cover that is particularly designed to close" the top and part of the side of the box. The. cover is thus particularly advantageous when used in connection with a card index, since a. part of the front of the box, which is located in front of the face of the cards, is laid open for convenience of examination of the cards, and the top of the box is likewise opened for manipulation of the cards. Means is also provided for securing the cover in its position on the box.

The invention also provides space cards and a simple means for retaining the space cards in position in the box. The invention thus provides an exceedingly simple and efficient card index box. .It is prefer ably made in the form of a book. It is made attractive and is particularly designed for household use, such as for cooking recpee and the like.

The invention may be contained in card index boxes of different forms. To illustrate a practical application of the invention I have selected a box containing the invention and shall describe it hereinafter. The box selected is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an end View of the box. Fig. is a front View of the box. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken on the line 4.& in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the box.

The sides and the cover of the box are formed of av single piece 1. The piece 1 may be formed of cardboard covered with attractive material, such as imitation leather of different kinds, in the manner Well known in the art of book bindery. It has a part 2 that covers the lower portion of the front side of the box, a part 3 that extends across the bottom of the box, and a part 4: that forms the back of the box, a part 5 that covers the top of the box, and a part 6 that closes the. remaining portion of the front of the box. he parts 4, 5 and 6 are interconnected by flexible portions along the foldable lines 7 and 8 whereby the said parts easily flex or hinge relative to each other. The piece 1, that forms and covers the sides of the box, .is secured to a'pair of end pieces 9 and 10. The end pieces are provided with flanges 11 and 12.

The part 2 is secured to the flange 11, while the back part i of the folding piece is secured to the flanges 12. Any suitable means may be used for securing the said parts together, such as by the small, practically imperceptible, rivets 13'. lVhen the said parts are secured the box is completed.

The flanges 11 are short and have a length substantially the same as the height of the part 2 that covers a portion of the front side of the box. Where the box is a cardboard box, the end has a tongue out therefrom that forms the projection 17 extending into the interior of the box. The side edges of the tongue are glued tothe sides of the box. They may be further secured by pasting paper or lining across the tongue and on tothe sides, or it may be secured in position by the box lining or by any of the methods well known in box making while the flanges 12 extend the height of the back part 4 of the box. The upper rivets 13 that secure the part 2 to the flanges 11 are located in spaced relation with respect to the upper edge of the part 2 and the upper ends of the flanges, 11., while the part 6 has a height sufiicient to extend from the front upper corner of the box to a point such as to overlap or underlap the upper edge portion of the part Qwhen the box is closed. In order to securethe cover portion of the box, such as the parts 5 and 6, in position, the lower edge 1% of the part 6 may be pushed under the upper edge 15 of the part 2 and between the part 2 and the upper ends of the flanges 11. Inasmuch as the flanges 11 are secured to the part 2 by the rivets 13 the lowerportion of the part 6 will be securely held since it will be pinched between the upper edge portion of the part 2 and the ends of the flanges 11.

Spacing or indexing cards, such as the cards 16, may be used for dividing the cards according to subject matter contained on the cards. In order to secure the spacing cards in position in the box, one end of the box may be provided with a portion 17 formed integral therewith that projects into the interior of the box, While the cards '16 may be provided with notches 18 that lose ly fit around the projection 17. The cards may thus be moved back and forth Within the box, but cannot be easily removed and cannot be removed without practically destroying the cards 16.

The end pieces 9 and 10 of the box may beformed of any suitable material, such as cell'i'rloid, cardboard or metal. It may be gilte'd if desired or, otherwise colored or formed. The Whole get-up may be made to represent an attractive leather hound book.

I claim:

1. In a: card index box, a cardboard piece having parts forming the four sides of the box, two of the parts being hi'n'gedly connected with the other parts and with each other and extending over the top of the box and over substantially one-half of one side of the box, end cardboard pieces having flanged parts riveted to two of the side parts of the first named pie'c'e, two of the rivets located sufliciently remote from one end of the first named piece to permit the other end of the first named piece to he slid under the end-having the said rivets, to frictionally secure the box closed by the frictional engagementbetween the overlap iing ends of the first named piece.

2-. In a card i'ndex box, a cardboard piece having parts forming the sides and cover of the box, end cardboard'vpieces seen-red to the pi'eceforming the. side'san'd cover of the box, one of the end cardboard pieces having a sloping projecting portion extending into the interior of the hox and spacing cards having V-shaped notches loosely fitting around the said projecting portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT J. BENTLEY. 

